Review Pakistani Army Act: Daily
February 27th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Noting that "basic civil liberties need to be protected", a leading Pakistani daily has sought a fresh look at the Pakistan Army Act.An editorial in Dawn ... Read more...
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Army chief’s plea to change age rejected, to retire in May 2012 (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) In a major setback to Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh in his quest to have official records change his year of birth from 1950 ... Read more...
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Uncertainty over Indian Army chief’s age rages
December 26th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Uncertainty over the year of birth of Indian Army chief Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh continues, with all indications that Defence Minister A.K. Antony may not ... Read more...
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Sukna land scam: Lt.Gen. Avadesh Prakash sacked by court martial (Roundup)
December 3rd, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 3 (IANS) Indian Army's former military secretary, Lt. Gen. (retd) Avadesh Prakash was Saturday dismissed from service by an army court martial for his involvement in a land ... Read more...
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Avadesh Prakesh senior-most officer to be dismissed from Army (To go with ‘Sukna scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash dismissed from service’)
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Former military secretary Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash, found guilty by an Indian Army court martial Saturday, is the senior-most Lt. Gen. of the army to be dismissed from service, though after ... Read more...
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Age row: Army chief files statutory complaint
August 29th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General V.K. Singh has filed a statutory complaint with Defence Minister A.K. Antony seeking re-examination of his age issue. The development comes ... Read more...
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Citing India, right to appeal sought in Pakistan
July 19th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Two former soldiers and four civilians sentenced to death for trying to assassinate then Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf have moved the Supreme Court, asking it ... Read more...
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Military tribunal reduces ex-woman officer’s punishment
July 14th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) The Chandigarh bench of a military tribunal Wednesday commuted the one-year sentence awarded to retired Major Dimple Singla, who was the first woman officer of the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear pleas against gay sex in April (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
From Parmod Kumar
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults."It ... Read more...
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Supreme Court dismisses plea to hear armed forces on homosexuality
February 7th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea to make armed forces a party to the petitions supporting and opposing the Delhi High Court's ruling, which decriminalised ... Read more...
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Army gunner challenges dismissal for marrying twice
February 6th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 6 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier, who was fired from service for marrying twice, has moved the Armed Forces Tribunal against the termination saying that Muslim law permitted him to ... Read more...
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Sukna scam: Court martialled general’s kin to fight for justice
January 23rd, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 23 (IANS) The family members of Lt. Gen. P.K Rath, found guilty in a land scam, vowed to fight against the court martial verdict which stripped him of his rank ... Read more...
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Army court convicts senior general in Sukna land scam (Lead)
January 21st, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 21 (IANS) In the first conviction of a serving three-star officer by an army court, former 33 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath was Friday found guilty in the Sukna ... Read more...
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Pak spy agencies admit having Adiala Jail’s “missing prisoners” in their custody
December 10th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 10 (ANI): The mystery of eleven missing prisoners of Adiala Jail has finally been solved, as Pakistan's top intelligence agencies have confessed before the Supreme Court that the terror ... Read more...
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Antony orders CBI probe into Mumbai housing scam (Lead)
November 9th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore rupees Adarsh housing society scam, allegedly involving top politicians, bureaucrats and ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam: Navy gives report to defence ministry
November 3rd, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Indian Navy Wednesday submitted its report to the defence ministry on the Adarsh housing society scam involving some serving and retired officers of the armed ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam: Antony seeks reports from service chiefs
November 2nd, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony is reported to be "upset" over the names of armed forces officers cropping up in the Adarsh housing society scam and has ... Read more...
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Apex court stays tribunal’s order on military nurses
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) verdict directing the central government to treat all the commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) ... Read more...
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Army to give permanent commission to women in two months (Lead)
August 2nd, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it would consider giving permanent commission within two months to women serving as short service commission officers in the ... Read more...
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Show rule that makes women ineligible for army: Apex court (Lead)
July 26th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the defence ministry to produce an army notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular army.
The court direction came ... Read more...
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Show rule that makes women ineligible for army: apex court
July 26th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the defence ministry to produce the Army Act notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular army.
When the apex ... Read more...
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Army told to reveal how many sacked without notice
April 28th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Indian Army has been asked by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to reveal the number of army personnel who were dismissed without being served a showcause ... Read more...
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Fonseka to face court martial next week
March 11th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka's former army chief, General Sarath Fonseka, arrested after losing the country's January presidential contest, will face court martial next week, it was announced Thursday.
Fonseka will face ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief ends fast
March 10th, 2010 - 1:39 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 10 (IANS) Sri Lanka's former army chief General Sarath Fonseka, arrested over the charges of conspiring to topple the government, has called off his hunger strike after being allowed to ... Read more...
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Retired woman officer jailed for a year after court martial (Lead)
March 4th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chandigarh March 4 (IANS) For the first time in Indian Army's history, a retired woman officer has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year after an army court held her ... Read more...
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Woman officer jailed for a year after court martial
March 4th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 4 (IANS) A woman military officer has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year after an army court held her guilty of corruption, indiscipline and professional impropriety.
Major Dimple Singla, ... Read more...
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Sukna land scam: Tainted officer gets another chance (Lead)
February 22nd, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A retired Indian Army lieutenant general, charged with corruption in a land scam in West Bengal's Sukna area, was Monday given two months to prove his innocence ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka says US and Norway helped Fonseka, they deny (Lead)
February 11th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka is to face early court martial for treason, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in remarks published Thursday, while accusing the ... Read more...
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Fonseka’s trial soon, can be jailed for five years: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
February 11th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will face immediate court martial for treason and he can be jailed for up to five years, the country's Defence ... Read more...
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Strict action against generals involved Sukhna case: Army Chief
January 14th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Army chief General Deepak Kapoor, who is under pressure from all quarters to act against the guilty in the Sukhna land case, has assured of strict action ... Read more...
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Sukhna Land Scam: Army Chief recommends administrative action against senior Generals
January 11th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Monday evening recommended to initiate administrative action against Military Secretary and other senior Generals who were indicted by the Court of ... Read more...
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Sukhna land scam: Action against general before retirement
December 31st, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor will take a decision on the punishment for Lt. Gen. Awadesh Prakash, who was indicted in a land scam in Sukhna ... Read more...
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Mujib killers to seek death verdict review
November 20th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) Lawyers for five former Bangladesh Army officers have sought a review of the Supreme court verdict handing them the death sentence for killing the country's founding father Sheikh ... Read more...
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Mujib’s killers seek re-trial by Bangladesh military court
October 21st, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 21 (IANS) Two former Bangladesh army officers, convicted of killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman over 34 years ago, have sought re-trial by a military court. ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi mutineers won’t face court martial
September 15th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 15 (DPA) Bangladesh Tuesday decided to prosecute nearly 3,500 border guards allegedly involved in a late-February mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters in Dhaka under the paramilitary force's own ... Read more...
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